Gentoo Weekly Newsletter: 21 May 2007

Currently, there is no Java plugin available for 64-bit browsers. Sun does not
provide one yet, and it is unclear when they will. The Blackdown plugin is
broken for most users and had some security problems, so it was disabled
recently. Now, only Konqueror handles Java natively, because it calls the
binary directly. For Firefox, there is a workaround: Install the binary 32-bit
Firefox and 32-bit plugins.

This section lists packages that have either been moved or added to the tree
and packages that have had their "last rites" announcement given to be removed
in the future. The package removals come from many locations, including the Treecleaners and various developers. Most
packages which are listed under the Last Rites section are in need of some love
and care and can remain in the tree if proper maintainership is established.

The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org) to record and track
bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the
development team. Between 13 May 2007
and 20 May 2007, activity on the site has resulted in:

609 new bugs during this period

381 bugs closed or resolved during this period

25 previously closed bugs were reopened this period

113 closed as NEEDINFO/WONTFIX/CANTFIX/INVALID/UPSTREAM during this period

102 bugs marked as duplicates during this period

Of the 9990 currently open bugs: 11 are labeled 'blocker', 109 are labeled
'critical', and 354 are labeled 'major'.

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